Halloween 2005

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Last minute fixes

 There were a few problems in finishing the Stephen F. Austin statue. It turned out the long rifle that Austin holds was about a foot shorter than it was supposed to be, but they got it fixed and now the statue is awaiting last-minute cosmetic touches like priming and painting before it's all done. 

Mr. Warneke with Austin's head

 Mr. Warneke, who chaired the statue project, was kind enough to pose for this picture after the head of Stephen F. Austin was delivered to the park site in Angleton. 

Heave-ho

  

One head, going up

  

Easy does it

 That's Mr. Warneke, who headed the statue project, up in the crane basket watching as Austin's head is carefully put atop the statue. 

Sculptor & foreman

 Sculptor David Adickes and his crew foreman, Chuy. "He's the one who makes it all happen," Adickes says of Chuy. 

Sculptor films his latest creation

 
That's sculptor David Adickes in the foreground, takings pictures of the head being put on his statue of Stephen F. Austin. 

Waiting for a bigger crane

 
 

1 bucket of cement, going up

 
 

Cesar, mixing cement